Cognition

Spanning disciplines ranging from computer science and psychology to anthropology and linguistics, the Cognition stream showcases emerging research related to language, memory, sensory perception, decision-making, and other dimensions of human and machine intelligence.

Does Alzheimer’s run in your family? Challenge your brain. Recent research suggests that a lifetime of intellectual stimulation can reduce symptoms for people who are genetically at risk for the dementia-causing disease.

In laboratories across the UC Berkeley campus, researchers are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding "neural rhythms," the pulses, bursts, and waves of electricity that continually surge through our brains.